operation take up spACE

The Military & Veterans Women’s Coalition (MVWC) Launches Operation Take Up Space: 

Mobilizing to Defend the Constitution 

The MVWC has long been the voice of our female Service Members and Veterans, advocating for them in both our local communities and on the national stage. As tensions increase and the threats on our Constitution rise, we are mobilizing to empower our communities.  Using historically honed tools, we challenge injustice, confront systemic oppression, and sustain long-term activism. In a world that seeks to silence, we show up loudly—with purpose, unity, and power. 

Operation Take Up Space

Rooted in the principles of peaceful nonviolent resistance, civic empowerment, and collective healing, Operation Take Up Space is a nationwide movement. We aim to equip communities with the tools to Speak Up, Organize, Act, and Reset (SOAR) in the face of growing authoritarianism.

We took an oath to defend the Constitution from all enemies, foreign and domestic— that oath didn’t end when we took off the uniform. Now we organize to protect it.

• Speak Up: Stand up, set boundaries, and call out unethical behavior as it arises.  
• Organize: Build Community, reach out to partners,  
• and grow grassroots programs. They seek to divide us because they know that we are stronger together. The only way they win is if we let them. We outnumber them by the millions.  
• Act: Make a plan, stay focused, and move. This administration seeks to overwhelm you. Stick to your plan. We are the many, they are the few. You don’t have to solve every problem that this administration creates. Pick what you are able to do, and do it.  
• Reset: We know it feels like you are being fired at from all directions, so it is important to rest and reset before moving to take action again. They are hoping to exhaust you. Don’t let them. Prioritize rest and self-care so you can get back in the fight.  

Right now, we are being fired at from all directions — attacks on civil rights, veterans’ care gutted, DEI programs stripped, our LGBTQ+ and trans siblings under siege, reproductive freedoms taken hostage.  

Every headline feels like incoming fire. It’s overwhelming.

If this feels like a deployment, — you are not imagining it.  These attacks are coordinated and targeted.

But I also want to remind you of something we, as Veterans, know in our bones:

We have been here before.

We have operated in chaos.
We have functioned under fire.

We have completed the mission with half the plan and a quarter of the sleep.

And we did it because of what we carried — not just our gear, not just our training —
we carried each other.

We didn’t get through those deployments because we hate the enemy.
We survived because we love the people to our left and right.

Because we know we have a job, and someone’s depending on us to do it.

And that’s what we’re doing now.

Not out of hate.
Out of radical, disciplined, relentless love.

We swore an oath to defend the Constitution.
That oath did not expire.

And defending the Constitution now means resisting tyranny, standing up for truth, and protecting each other — right here, at home.

The mission is clear.
The field is hot.

But we’ve trained for this our whole lives. 

 Hold the Line.
Defend the Constitution. 

I believe in you. I believe in us.

Let’s take up space. Let’s take back our future.

Let’s win this war — not with hate, but with love fierce enough to stand in the fire and still reach for each other.

Thank you. Let’s go.

We refuse to be afraid, divided, and silent. We’re showing up louder, smarter, and more united than ever before. 

 Through nonviolent resistance, community organizing, and collaboration, we equip individuals with the tools to challenge injustice, confront systemic oppression, and sustain long-term activism.  

But sometimes it can be hard to know where to start.  

  Reach out to us to schedule a LIVE or VIRTUAL Class! 

· Non-violent Resistance Classes

(How to deal with Counter Protesters and Potential for Violence)

· De-escalation Classes 

· Civil Disobedience Classes 

· How to Organize a Successful Protest 

· How to Sustain the Movement 

· How to Empower Others and Build Community 

· Ways to Act that Don’t Involve Protesting 

· Understanding Unlawful Orders 

· Understand Your Rights Under the Constitution

(What are Executive Orders and their Limitations)

Join the Movement. 

Learn how to make changes in YOUR community that will change the world.